6 teams to fight in Russian Superfinal

FC Krystal, FC Lokomotiv, FC Krylia Sovetov, FC Rotor, FC Strogino and FC IBS will meet in Saint Petersburg next 14th-19th August.

The Russian Beach Soccer League Super Final got its six participants finally decided last weekend, after the second Qualifying stage held in Samara distributed the last points. In a second stage full of surprises, Rotor from Volgograd prevailed over the rest of the participants, bending favourites IBS Saint Petersburg in the final. The Volgograd side proved better aimed from the penalty kick spot after the 1-1 in the regular and extra times and climbed to the second place in the Russian League table, with 13 points, just behind Krystal, and two points over Strogino.

Precisely Krystal (from Saint Petersburg) bent the current Russian Champions, Lokomotiv Moscow,  to clinch the third place in Samara and get enough points to top the table. Notwithstanding, the qualifying for the Muscovite was not in danger, thanks to their great performance in the first stage of the league, held weeks ago in Moscow.

Together with Krystall, Strogino, Rotor and Lokomotiv, IBS Saint Petersburg and Krylia Sovetov got into the Russian League Superfinal, to happen between 14th and 19th of August in Saint Petersburg. Teams will be distributed in two groups of three:

Group A: FC Krystal (Saint-Petersburg), FC Lokomotiv (Moscow), FC Krylia Sovetov (Samara).
Group B: FC Rotor (Volgograd), FC Strogino (Moscow), FC IBS (Saint-Petersburg).

The results of the last day in Samara were the following:

Rotor Volgograd 1(1)-1(0) IBS Saint Petersburg – FINAL
Krystall 7-4 Lokomotiv Moscow – 3rd/4th place
Strogino 4-2 Krylia Sovetov – 5th/6th place
Dynamo 3(1)-3(0) CSKA Moscow – 7th/8th place

Final table after the two qualifying stages:

1 – Krystal (14 points)
2 – Rotor (13 points)
3 – Strogino (11 points)
4 – Lokomotiv Moscow (11 points)
5 – IBS (10 points)
6 – Krylia Sovetov (5 points)
7 – CSKA Moscow (5 points)
8 – Dynamo Moscow (3 points)